Can CHW support improve outcomes for patients with multiple chronic diseases? Kangovi et al, Journal Club

Summary: Thomas Kim, David Rosenthal, and Audrey Provenzano discuss a recent article from the American Journal of Public Health called <a href="http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2017.303985" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Community Health Worker Support for Disadvantaged Patients with Multiple Chronic Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial</a>, by Shreya Kangovi, Nandita Mitra, David Grande, Hairong Huo, Robyn Smith, and Judith Long. This important work comes from researchers associated with the <a href="http://chw.upenn.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Penn Center for Community Health Workers.</a> You can find more about the research <a href="https://ldi.upenn.edu/brief/community-health-worker-support-disadvantaged-patients-multiple-chronic-diseases-randomized" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>, and more about Dr. Kangovi, the lead researcher on the study, <a href="http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p6274796" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. Dr. Kangovi also recently penned an article in Stat News reflecting on the meaning of her research, which you can find <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2017/11/07/health-care-america-disease/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. <br> If you enjoy the show, please give us 5 stars wherever you listen. Tweet us your thoughts <a href="https://twitter.com/RoSpodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@RoSpodcast</a> and leave us a message on our facebook page at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/reviewofsystems" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.facebook.com/reviewofsystems</a>. Or, you can email me at <a href="mailto:audrey@rospod.org">audrey@rospod.org</a>. We’d love to hear from you, and thanks for listening.<br>